Frank McCourt’s recently released book, “OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age”, was reviewed by Peter Coy of The New York Times Opinion Section in his March 13th newsletter.
Tuesday was also the publication date of a book by the billionaire entrepreneur Frank McCourt titled, “Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age.” McCourt, a former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, isn’t a tech guy himself, but he has assembled a team to develop a more human-centered internet.
The key technology of McCourt’s initiative, Project Liberty, is the D.S.N.P., for Decentralized Social Networking Protocol. It’s designed to allow customers to wrest away control of the data about them from the social media giants such as Facebook and TikTok. Your “social graph” — a map of your digital relationships — sits on a decentralized database managed by a third party who can’t see the data being stored. You can remain anonymous, but if you want to share your views widely, you may be required to identify yourself. One social network, MeWe, has moved nearly 700,000 of its roughly 20 million users onto a D.S.N.P.-based system that uses blockchain.
Read the full piece on The New York Times website here. You can learn more about OUR BIGGEST FIGHT: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age on ourbiggestfight.com.